Category: EU Reporter

Some 64 people were arrested, five cars were damaged, and 10 policemen were hurt in Belgrade Saturday when police clashed with right-wing demonstrators, who were trying to disrupt a pride march, Reuters reports. “I am very proud that we managed to avoid more serious incidents,” Serbian prime minister Ana Brnabić said. The government had initially […]

Some 20,000 people came out in protest against Moldova’s pro-European president, Maria Sandu, and her government on Sunday amid soaring inflation due to the Ukraine war, Reuters reports. The cost of energy rose 50 percent in August and a further 29 percent in September. Overall inflation is 34.3 percent. A recent internal EU document singled […]

Azerbaijan has lashed out at US speaker Nancy Pelosi after she backed Armenian claims over recent violence. Pelosi said in Yerevan Sunday she condemned Azerbaijan’s attacks, which killed over 100 Armenian soldiers, but Azerbaijan denies the killings. “This is a serious blow to the efforts to normalise relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” the Azeri foreign […]

Civil society organisations are taking legal action against the European Commission for the inclusion of gas and nuclear in the EU taxonomy.

The far-right Brothers of Italy, which dominates the conservative alliance, is set to be the largest single party, and has widened its lead over the centre-left Democratic Party (PD).

What would happen if Russia were to fire a nuclear strike? Most likely it would be a tactical strike, with a smaller nuclear missile.

The price of bread across the EU in August was on average 18 percent higher compared to last year, according to figures from the bloc’s statistics agency Eurostat released on Monday. The highest increase in bread prices was recorded in Hungary, followed by Lithuania, Estonia and Slovakia. Global food prices have been increasing since the start […]

The Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI) introduces a staged, step-by-step, approach — providing emergency powers to the EU Commission to tackle any potential threat which could trigger disruptions or shortages of key products within the EU.

Critics point out that Hungary will continue to receive substantial inflows of EU funds since the proposed suspension applies only to around 22 percent of total EU subsidies earmarked for Hungary in the bloc’s current budget for 2021-2027.

EU countries are planning to drop calls for an “independent” inquiry into the killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in a watershed meeting with Israel next month.